Device for holding checks upon mine-cars.



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S UPON MINE CARS.

J. M. WYSO DEVICE FOR HOLDING CHECK APPLIGAIION LED JU UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING CHECKS UPON MINE-CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed June 8, 1905. Serial No. 264,317.

To all whmnit may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES MILLER VVYsoR, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mannering, in the county of Mercer and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Devicesfor Holding Checks upon Mine-Cars; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to a device for attaching a miners check to acar.

More particularly the invention provides means whereby the check isattached to the car before the same is filled with coal or ore and canonly be detached after the coal or ore has been dumped or unloaded.

Furthermore, the invention provides means comprising a board which isadapted to be hinged to the inside of the car, as shown in Figure 1 ofthe drawings, and at the same time hang adjacent to the vertical portionof the side of the car. This hinged connection is formed by a rod ofsubstantially the same length as the board, which is adapted to act as abolt for both of the hinges, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

Moreover, the invention provides means whereby the miners check may beattached to the car comprising a rod, one end of which is made in ahooked form, being adapted to enter and reenter the vertical side of thecar, the other end of said rod being bent at right angles, the bentportion being inserted in an aperture in a roll formed at the end of oneof the hinge members. The hooked portion of said rod is adapted to carrythe miners check, said check being attached to the hook before the samereenter-s the vertical side of the car.

Another object of the invention is to supply the miner with a set ofchecks containing the number which is assigned to each respective man,which corresponds with the number upon the pay-roll, each check beingattached to the car before the same is loaded, and after it is loadedthe car when dumped is credited to the number which is assigned to eachrespective miner, said number being also entered on the pay-roll.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the samecomprises the peculiar construction, arrangement, and adaptation ofparts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and thenspecifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, withthe letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisapplication, and in which I Fig. l is a perspective view looking intothe inside of a miners car, showing approximately the detailedconstruction of my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear end view, partly insection. Fig. 3 is a View with the cooperating parts of the inventiondetached. Fig. 4 is a slight modification of the application of myinvention, and Fig. 5 is still another modification of the invention.

Reference-now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the body portion of a suitable car adapted to carry coal,ore, or any other material, having hinged to the side thereof a suitablewood board B, as shown in the accompanying drawings. The hingedconnection between the hardwood board and the side of the car comprisesa pair of hinge members C, which are secured to the side of the car byany suitable fastening means, and a pair of hinge members 0, which aresecured to the side of the hardwood board by any suitable fasteningmeans, one of said hinge members being extended to the lower edge ofsaid board, as shown in Figs. 2 and3 of the drawings, and formed in theshape of a roll D, having an aperture D adapted to receive the end E ofa rod E, said end being formed by bending said rod at right angles, asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The other end of said rod is formedinto ahook F, which is adapted to be inserted through apertures in theside of the car opposite the side carrying the hardwood board, and aportion F of said hook is adapted to reenter the side of the car, asshown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Before this rod and the hookupon the end thereof are placed in the correct position, prior tofilling the car with coal or ore, a suitable miners check G is attached,the number upon said check corresponding to the nulilnber of the mineras entered upon the payro In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown aslight modification of a miners car, whereby the rod carrying the minerscheck is disposed on an angle. In practice I have found in someinstances that the sides of the car are made of thin material, and inthis case I have provided some protection for the end of the hook uponthe rod to prevent the same from being bent down. This protectioncomprises a block H, adapted to be spiked or bolted or otherwise securedto the side of the car, as shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the accompanyingdrawings.

The check which is adapted to be connected to the book of the rod may beused elsewhere to denote what kind or quantity of coal or ore the carcontains.

From the foregoing description of the detailed construction of myinvention it will be readily understood how the invention is applied toa car, whereby a very eiiicient means is provided for attaching a minerscheck to the car.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A device for holding checks upon cars comprising, in combination with acar, a board, strap-hinges secured to the inner face of the car and towhich said board is connected, one of said hinges extending beyond theswinging end of the board and turned to form an eye, a rod having anangled end engaging said eye, and its other end bent to form a hook,designed to pass through an aperture in the side wall of the car, andadapted to receive and hold a check, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES MILLER WYSOR.

Witnesses:

J. TRACY WALKER, 1 F. L. PARR.

